Jake Buxton

Football player infobox
playername = Jake Buxton


fullname = Jake Frederick Buxton
nickname =
height = height|ft=5|in=11.25
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1985|3|4|df=y
cityofbirth = Sutton-in-Ashfield
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Burton Albion
clubnumber = 16
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2002–2008
2008-
clubs = Mansfield Town
Burton Albion
caps(goals) = 151 (5)
000 (0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 23:02, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Jake Buxton (born 4 March 1985 in Sutton-in-Ashfield) is an English professional footballer who plays for Burton Albion as a central defender.

Career

Buxton came up through the youth system at Mansfield, winning the Youth Team Player of the Year award in 2002,cite web |title=Jake Buxton profile |publisher= Mansfield Town F.C. official site |url=http://www.mansfieldtown.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10325~22903,00.html |accessdate=2008-04-16] and made his first-team debut in October 2002 in a Football League Trophy match against Crewe. [cite web |title=Games played by Jake Buxton in 2002/2003 |work=Soccerbase |publisher=Racing Post |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=33646&seasonid=132 |accessdate=2008-04-16] However, it was not until the 2004–05 season that he established himself as a regular member of the first team and his form was rewarded with a new one-year contract in February 2005. [cite news |title=Stags reward Buxton with new deal |publisher=BBC Sport |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/mansfield_town/4230671.stm |accessdate=2008-04-16] In April 2006, Buxton signed a new two-and-a-half-year contract, [cite news |title=Buxton could make early comeback |publisher=BBC Sport |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/mansfield_town/4955820.stm|accessdate=2008-04-16] and was made team captain, one of the youngest in the country, during the 2006–07 season. By the end of the 2007–08 season, he had played over 160 first-team games for Mansfield, scoring five goals. [cite web |title=Jake Buxton |work=Soccerbase |publisher=Racing Post |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=33646&seasonid=137 |accessdate=2008-04-16] After Mansfield Town were relegated to the Football Conference at the end of the 2007–08 season, he was out of contract but was offered new terms by the club. [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/mansfield_town/7405428.stm|title=Seven players to leave Mansfield |date=2008-05-16|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-05-17] Following a takeover of the club and change of manager, Buxton was released by mutual consent after expressing his desire to stay in the Football League.cite news| url=http://www.mansfieldtown.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10325~1339277,00.html|title=Buxton released|date=2008-07-05|publisher=Mansfield Town FC|accessdate=2008-07-05] However, a trial spell with Crewe was unsuccessful and he joined Burton Albion in August 2008 on a free transfer.cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/burton_albion/7528518.stm| title=Brewers swoop for defender Buxton |date=July 28, 2008|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-07-31]

References

External links

*soccerbase|33646|Jake Buxton